9 x 12 inches
Softback
66 pgs.

Designed before the onset of World War II, this fast and maneuverable fighter became the backbone of the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. While the Spitfire got the headlines and the glory, the Hawker Hurricane and the men who flew it were responsible for the majority of the aerial victories that gave the RAF the edge over the German Luftwaffe in the crucial days of 1940. This versatile fighter was modified for use in all theaters of combat - desert warfare, night fighting, jungle operations in the South Pacific, seaborne carrier operations, and was even fired by an explosive catapult from merchant ships on convoy in the North Atlantic.

The first book in Boston Mill's Flying History series, Hurricane features new original color photographs of meticulously restored Hawker Hurricanes and includes living historians in accurate uniforms and flying kit form the 1940's. Insightful text and priceless firsthand accounts combine with significant historical black-and- photographs and 2 paintings by premier aviation artist Michael Turner to chronicle the history of Hawker's war horse. Hurricane puts you in the cockpit and behind the stick of this famous RAF aircraft.

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